We did two main projects other than the PCR Lab in the evolution unit. The first was to create a cladogram to organize hardware by physical appearance and create a story surrounding their evolution. Here is that story:
And here is our Presentation:
Content:
Cladogram: A way or organizing species by traits, useful for finding similarities between species
Evolution: The creation of a new species through slight genetic mutations over a long period of time
Common Ancestor: A shared ancestor between multiple species
Trait: A physical characteristic of an organism or species
Species: a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring
Review:
I feel I tried my personal best on this project. I used all the time I had and tried to be as efficient as possible. One thing I did bad was that I didn't try to get my group to do any work. I was paired with quite a bad group and they decided they weren't going to do much of anything for the project. Another thing I did wrong was I misunderstood the directions initially and had to restart the entire project with very little time left. One thing I learned about myself is that although I can't motivate lazy people to do work I can still grind through it.
Evolution Timeline Project:
In this project my partner and I were assigned to find the ancestors of an animal of our choice. Unluckily every single animal we chose had next to no information on its historical ancestors. We eventually decided to make the best out of what we had and this is the result: scratch.mit.edu/projects/178088472/
We did the presentation of the project on a programming website called scratch. We custom programmed everything you can see happening and we also fixed some pre-made pixel art to make it more appealing and blend together better.
Additional Content:
Artificial Selection: Creation of a new species by specific breeding controlled by humans
Natural Selection: Creation of a new species through adaptations to the natural enviornment
Review:
One major thing we did wrong on this project was that we chose species that had some human influence and cross breeding in their history. This made it so their exact histories were unknown because no-one was really keeping a record of what was bred with what. Another thing that negatively affected this project was that it overlapped with the cladogram assignment. Since I had a particularly large workload for that project I had next to no time to work on this. One good thing I did was that instead of making a generic and boring power point I had the idea to make a miniature game. Another thing I did well was that I was able to focus and try to power through this as well as I could, even with my limiting circumstances. Through this project I learned I can work well under time constraints and use information I come across efficiently.
Cladogram: A way or organizing species by traits, useful for finding similarities between species
Evolution: The creation of a new species through slight genetic mutations over a long period of time
Common Ancestor: A shared ancestor between multiple species
Trait: A physical characteristic of an organism or species
Species: a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring
Review:
I feel I tried my personal best on this project. I used all the time I had and tried to be as efficient as possible. One thing I did bad was that I didn't try to get my group to do any work. I was paired with quite a bad group and they decided they weren't going to do much of anything for the project. Another thing I did wrong was I misunderstood the directions initially and had to restart the entire project with very little time left. One thing I learned about myself is that although I can't motivate lazy people to do work I can still grind through it.
Evolution Timeline Project:
In this project my partner and I were assigned to find the ancestors of an animal of our choice. Unluckily every single animal we chose had next to no information on its historical ancestors. We eventually decided to make the best out of what we had and this is the result: scratch.mit.edu/projects/178088472/
We did the presentation of the project on a programming website called scratch. We custom programmed everything you can see happening and we also fixed some pre-made pixel art to make it more appealing and blend together better.
Additional Content:
Artificial Selection: Creation of a new species by specific breeding controlled by humans
Natural Selection: Creation of a new species through adaptations to the natural enviornment
Review:
One major thing we did wrong on this project was that we chose species that had some human influence and cross breeding in their history. This made it so their exact histories were unknown because no-one was really keeping a record of what was bred with what. Another thing that negatively affected this project was that it overlapped with the cladogram assignment. Since I had a particularly large workload for that project I had next to no time to work on this. One good thing I did was that instead of making a generic and boring power point I had the idea to make a miniature game. Another thing I did well was that I was able to focus and try to power through this as well as I could, even with my limiting circumstances. Through this project I learned I can work well under time constraints and use information I come across efficiently.